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As design review restarts, Trump’s planned White House ballroom exposes how privately funded additions can trigger federal obligations—and budget pressures—beyond their stated scope.

Former contractor Louis Ciminelli pleads to one count of wire fraud, was ordered to forfeit $1.6 million and paid a $250,000 fine, with two N.Y. developers and a former state academic chief also agreeing to deal.

The social media company's $6B merger with a nuclear fusion developer may bring new investment in the technology, but any construction is still a ways off.

A lawsuit in U.S. federal court and a complaint to the International Trade Commission against Caterpillar and its largest Texas equipment dealer allege patent violations on machine controls, skid steer designs.

Jamir Davis, a Kentucky civil rights attorney has filed a lawsuit against Walsh- Kokosing JV, the Ohio Dept. of Transportation claiming he was shut out of a DBE role in the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project.

Six men have been indicted for illegal reentry into the U.S. and other actions after being arrested at a construction site in Tallahassee.

More than 100 people illegally in the U.S. were arrested at two Tallahassee, Fla., work sites May 29. 

Barletta Heavy Division Inc. settled with the state over illegal disposal of contaminated fill from the $410M 6/10 connector construction project.

Paving company Anderson Brothers agreed to pay nearly $1.3 million to resolve allegations it knowingly falsified asphalt test results on state and federal projects. 

Work paused due to use of an unauthorized vendor with alleged links previously to organized crime